Laceratingly Accurate
Given Mr. Poilievre’s refusal to debate his opponents, Michael de Adder’s assessment of the putative front-runner in the Conservative leadership race seems spot-on. Some also think Mr. Poilievre bears an…
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How To Tell The Players Apart
This should clarify things: H/t Roy Zimmerman Recommend this Post
Freedom’s Just Another Word…
… for demagoguery, at least if you are Pierre Poilievre. The leading contender for the helm of the Conservative Party of Canada is, of course, making a concerted effort at…
Sounds Reasonable, But…
… it is said that even the devil can quote scripture. In more down-to-earth terms, the Governor of Kentucky does in a much more polished form what ardent gun-rights advocates…
Scenes From Newfoundland
While I am not one to foist vacation photos on others, I thought I would break that rule to share a few highlights of our recent trip to Newfoundland to…
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Death
One likely doesn’t have to read about it to realize that GB News is ‘right-leaning.’ Ben Phillips @benphillips76 A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview…
To State The Obvious
… in a way only Theo Moudakis can. Recommend this Post
A Bit Of A Holiday
We are currently on a trip to Newfoundland, where our son and daughter-in-law moved in the fall, after living and working in Alberta for several years. It is our first…
It’s A Great Time To Be Bad People
A friend of mine sent me this, and it is spot-on and self-explanatory. Recommend this Post
This Left Me Feeling Queasy
I confess, making it to the 3:27 mark was a real effort, one fortified by a pre-dinner libation(s) last evening. However, eventually I steeled myself to watch the remaining minute,…
Freedom’s Cost
Americans are a strange and contradictory lot, to put it mildly. They claim (not unlike a certain candidate running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada), to love…
Happy Canada Day
As factious as we can be, I hope most of us can at least agree on this: H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
The Power To Shock
I readily admit that most days, almost nothing fazes me, having come to the same conclusion as George Carlin that we are going away. Looking at all of the existential…
Pick Your Friends Wisely
Clearly, Pierre Poilievre is making a calculated decision here in who and what he associates himself with. H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Too Good Not To Share
H/t Mary McCasey Kearney Recommend this Post
Truly, He Is A Man Of The People
I have a friend, subversive in his own way, who joined the Conservative Party for $15. He is entitled to thus vote in the September leadership election. I’m think he…
A Trip Back In Time
That must be what it feels like to visit the United States these days, with the Supreme Court okaying the open-carry of guns and overturning Roe v. Wade. Recommend this…
The Real Faces Of ‘Freedom’
I probably spend more time on Twitter than is healthy, but given that I follow a number of people who are either political writers or activists, that time is not…
The Time Is Out Of Joint
I spend a fair bit of time in this blog discussing my aversion to the United States. Widely populated by benighted souls, it is a country I now shun and…
Hell No, I Won’t Go!
In the days of my youth, the above was an anthem of resistance, shouted in defiance of the American draft sending young men to fight and to die in Vietnam.…